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Offline flight17

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C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« on: July 25, 2012, 06:30:33 PM »
So some might have seen this already, but I just saw it on another site....

A C-17 flying into Macdill AFB in Tampa, landed 5 miles short of MacDill at Peter O Knight airport. Both airports runways are perfectly aligned, only 5 miles apart. The thing is P.O.K. Airport's runway is only 3400ft long and it is strictly a general aviation airport.

This is normal for a C-17 however as all pilots train to fly into and out of a 3300ft runway at just below MLW/MTOW.

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Landing
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuqsd_tRHw
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7SE-0tD2HE
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wi58Ds3Krgw
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 06:58:26 PM »
My computer wont play your links.
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 07:07:01 PM »
Those were mobile links...the crazy thing here is that the C-17 can take off in less space than that field is easily. It is a hell of an aircraft.
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 07:59:12 PM »
Quote from: SIK1 on July 25, 2012, 06:58:26 PM
My computer wont play your links.

remove the "m." and it will load the desktop site
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2012, 08:35:03 PM »
Got the pleasure of working this plane in Charleston for 4 years, video's dont do justice on what it can really do....
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2012, 10:23:55 PM »
I love the c-17, have seen those things climb at almost a 80 degree climb fully loaded. Just creeping through the air as if it was clawing its way up a invisible hill.  :aok
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 12:14:17 AM »
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2012, 03:41:36 AM »
Somebody's flight career just got a whole lot shorter.
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2012, 06:32:48 AM »
*hack*
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2012, 08:04:39 AM »
That was fun to watch, but the "oh my god" comments got annoying fast
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2012, 09:10:57 AM »
The same thing happened outside of Tucson AZ. a few years back. A 747 being flown to Pinal Airpark for refurb or storage by Evergreen air services was landed by mistake at Avra Valley Airport. The outer engines took out the lights on each side of the runway. Both airfields aligned and only about 5 miles apart.
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2012, 09:26:34 AM »
It seems quite a popular past time  landing at the wrong airfield :)
 http://www.thirdamendment.com/wrongway.html
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2012, 09:26:57 AM »
worlds smallest airshow...... :furious
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2012, 03:32:56 PM »
Pilot to navigator: Next time please buy a better GPS and not one on sale!
« Last Edit: July 26, 2012, 03:34:45 PM by smoe »
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Re: C-17 lands at wrong airport... Really wrong airport... But amazing...
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2012, 04:24:07 PM »
Quote from: rpm on July 26, 2012, 03:41:36 AM
Somebody's flight career just got a whole lot shorter.

Not only the flight crew but also the tower.
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